More fuel for Mathis/Napoli debate

Angels manager Mike Scioscia was asked if he still viewed Mike Napoli as a catcher after splitting his time between catcher and first base last season (in Kendry Morales' absence).

"I think he's a catcher. He thinks he's a catcher. He needs to go out and catch like a catcher," Scioscia said. "That is the frustrating part with Mike. We've seen it when he first came up.

"Absolutely I view him as a catcher and I know he still feels he's a catcher. His ability to go out there and do the things we need behind the plate is really important to our club to get him to get the at bats to be productive."

When asked about the possibility of using the team's catching depth (Napoli, Jeff Mathis, Bobby Wilson, Ryan Budde, Hank Conger) in a trade, Scioscia's mad-catcher-love surfaced.

"There is not a lot of depth if you look around catchers anywhere in baseball," he said. "We have some depth there that you don't want to easily see evaporate.

"We've talked about the pitching staff being the heartbeat of our club. We need those starters to have a guy back there that is doing what they need."

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